UPDATE: We'd like to thank Phraide and everyone that's contributed to this guide! However this guide will no longer be updated to include changes in 5.4 and on. This thread will remain open for the time being to allow for continued discussion.

IntroductionYou are new to pet battles and are looking for an efficient way to level your pets? Look no further! With tamer dailies, you will be able to level up to 3 pets from lvl 1 to lvl 25 every day, with a mere 1-2 hours time investment. You will also gain Valor Points, a lot of Lesser Charms of Good Fortune, and some Battle Stones (items which allow you to upgrade your pets to Rare quality) in the process!

This guide is designed for beginners. You will be able to complete every single strategy here with only 2 pets: an Emerald Proto-Whelp and an Anubisath Idol.If you already have a solid pool of lvl 25 pets, I recommand you to check my other guide, Guide to tamer daily pet battles (5.3) - For veterans. There, you will find way faster setups and strategies.

Goals- Only 2 pets used throughout the entire guide: Emerald Proto-Whelp and Anubisath Idol.- The teams have only 2 lvl 25 pets, leaving room for a lowlvl “carry pet” for leveling.- Winning as reliably as possible. This means that some strategies will be a bit sluggish.

AddonsI strongly recommand you PetBattleInfo to monitor the enemies' cooldowns.

DescriptionIn the guide I use these parameters: [Pet name] [(Skillset)]

- The number 1 – 3 in front of the pet names signify which pet you start with and which pet gets switched in next. - Skillset: 1,1,1 means the first ability slot for all three abilities. 2,2,2 means the second ability slot for all three abilities. 1,2,2 means the first ability slot for the first ability, and the second ability slot for the second and third ability.- Concerning carry pets and XP: Usually, I switch in the carry pet when my first pet dies, then immediately switch the carry pet out for the last lvl 25 pet. This way, you will get xp without having to make an action or take a hit. In some battles, I let the carry pet switch in at a different time for tactical purposes.

Pet ShopFirst, you will need an Anubisath Idol. You can loot it on the twin Emperors in AQ40. This is a very easy win nowadays. You can kill them once every week on each of your characters.

You will also need an Emerald Proto-Whelp. Go north of Scholazar Basin, and check for a breed 4 of any quality (Poor, Common, Uncommon, Rare, whatever). If you don't know what a breed is, then read this guide here. Once you have found your Emerald Proto-Whelp [breed 4], upgrade it to Uncommon quality with a Polished Battle-Stone. You can buy one for 1000 Justice Points from Commander Lo Ping. No worries, Uncommon quality is enough for this guide.

- Notes: If, at any point in the fight, your Emerald Proto-Whelp dies, then switch to Anubisath Idol, cast and maintain Stoneskin, and chain cast Crush (and cast Deflection when Pandaren Fire Spirit has Conflagrate off cooldown).

vs Diamond- Sandstorm > Deflection- From here on, cast Deflection when Diamond has Howling Blast off cooldown, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a fillervs Mollus- Switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp- Proto-Strike > Emerald Presence- From here on, cast Proto-Strike when off cooldown, Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Bite as a fillervs Skimmer- Emerald Bite until your Emerald Proto-Whelp dies- Switch to Carry pet > switch to Anubisath Idol- From here on, cast Deflection when Skimmer has the Pump buff, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a filler

vs Crusher- Attack with your Carry pet > switch to Anubisath Idol- From here on, cast Deflection when there is 1-turn left on your Whirlpool debuff, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a fillervs Pounder- From here on, cast Deflection when Pounder has Rupture off cooldown, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a filler- Switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp when your Anubisath Idol dies- Emerald Presence- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream when you have less than half of your HP, Emerald Bite as a fillervs Mutilator- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream when you have less than half of your HP, Emerald Bite as a filler

vs Marley- Attack with your Carry pet > switch to Anubisath Idol- Deflection > Sandstorm- From here on, cast Deflection when there is 1-turn left on your Whirlpool debuff or when Marley has dived, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a fillervs Tiptoe- Chain cast Crush, unless your Sandstorm is off cooldown (then cast it)- Switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp when your Anubisath Idol dies- Emerald Bite until Tiptoe diesvs Pandaren Water Spirit(- If your Anubisath Idol is still alive at this point, cast Crush until it dies > switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp)- Proto-Strike when there is 1-turn left on Whirlpool and Geyser- Emerald Bite all the way

vs Dusty- Deflection > Sandstorm- From here on, cast Deflection when off cooldown, Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a fillervs Whispertail- Crush until your Anubisath Idol dies- Switch to Carry pet > switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp- Emerald Presence > Emerald Bite until Whispertail diesvs Pandaren Air Spirit- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream if you have less than half of your HP, Emerald Bite as a filler

vs Twilight- Sandstorm (recast it whenever it is off cooldown) > Crush until Twilight has less than 350 HP > Rupture- At this point, if Twilight resurrects, then cast Sandstorm when off cooldown, Crush as a fillervs Amythel- Crush (or Sandstorm when off cooldown) until your Anubisath Idol dies- Switch to Carry pet > switch to Emerald Proto-Whelp- Emerald Presence- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream when you have less than half of your HP, Breath as a fillervs Helios- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream when you have less than half of your HP, Breath as a filler

vs Pyth- Stoneskin > Demolish until Pyth diesvs Spring- Demolish until your Anubisath Idol dies- Switch to Carry pet > switch to Emerald Proto Whelp- Emerald Presence- From here on, cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream if you have less than half of your HP, Emerald Bite as a fillervs Clatter- Cast Emerald Presence when there is 1-turn left on your buff, Emerald Dream if you have less than half of your HP, Emerald Bite as a filler

Last edited by Phraide on June 6th, 2013, 9:26 am, edited 6 times in total.

Nice guide - though I don't think you can call it 'for beginners' unless you mean beginners luck as the Emerald Welp can be a hard pet to capture on high pop busy CRZ'd realms.

I have spent several days now off and on for hours in Scholozar without one spawn, plenty of people around all seemingly camping for something, though most seem to be sitting on the Unborn Valk spot.

I'll keep trying, but I'd love to see a guide on how to use captured wild pets that aren't on ridiculous spawns, nor like some of the Wowhead guides, assuming everyone has a level 25 of every store, super rare, and TCG pet.

Edit: After multiple days found one spawn - a common - still need a stone to upgrade, which could be from now to some fairly distant time in the future.

Major Payne and Thundering Pandaren Spirit are extremely hard (if not downright impossible) fights with this setup. I'm working on a strat for Bordin Steadyfist atm. After that, I'll try to figure out a reliable strat for both of these fights .

Phraide wrote:Major Payne and Thundering Pandaren Spirit are extremely hard (if not downright impossible) fights with this setup. I'm working on a strat for Bordin Steadyfist atm. After that, I'll try to figure out a reliable strat for both of these fights .

I still need to go get the darn Proto-whelp must have missed it becuse I have the Emerald Whelp and not it. Anyway I am going to try it with the Darkmoon glowfly first in slot for the 6%life DOT, should get around Sandstorm a bit I am hoping. Also Dizzing Dance out the gate may be interesting. Wish me luck !!

Abit confused, it says that I need to get the Proto-whelp but isnt that level 21 pet and if Im starting out with no level battles yet .. how is it possible to get it? Dont I need to have a pet that is level 21 or higher?

On Farmer Nishi, you switch out for proto-whelp on brood of Mothallus.... well, my Anubisath is still at full health. Switching him out takes a lot of points away from the carry pet. I leave him in, just use deflect when Mothallus does burrow and he'll end up with over half life with normal rotation like you do on him. So you could actually bring 2 carry pets if you want on this one. Just a thought

I've had the Idol solo other trainer as well, Dakender, such as Aki. Other times it is more like the Proto-Whelp soloing the trainer.

On the flip side, some trainers still have loads of RNG and you can very easily lose using the strats listed if you get a couple of misses, especially on the opening pet. If that happens, just try again and pray for better RNG.

Obalis I actually gave up using the strat the other day as I was getting miss after miss against Pyth with the idol while he was hitting me hard. I ended up using a Clockwork Gnome in place of Idol, though even that got dicey when Fist missed and Pyth landed nothing but crits.

Hyuna is another trainer where I've had a really bad string of RNG such that the welp was dying to the first pets dots before getting a hit on Fangor, then having the Idol in really bad shape come Dor.

I still use the strategy, but if the Whelp misses a couple times while taking heavy damage to dots on Skyshaper - I just abandon and try again.

And I think, but not 100% sure, but I believe it is Dor who will prioritize the heal if it comes off cooldown the same time as their heavy damage move, so don't use Deflection if Headbutt is up along with the heal - wait for the heal then use Deflection.